Carter Burwell Quotes
I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

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The great love of my life is music.
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You are not a problem that needs solving.
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If I got something to say or do to a man, I'm going to look that man in the eye and tell him what is going to happen. That's just me now.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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Term limits aren't enough. We need jail.
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Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.
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Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
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It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.
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Of course I love music and I love what I do, but seeing their response to my work is my favourite part of it.
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You cannot properly bring up children when you are 69 or 70 and they are 12 and at the height of their madness. You can physically do it, but I don't think it's morally justified.
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My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were failing to supply me with any answers. Everyone was too busy dealing with things that were more important. I was pretty lost and invisible. And all of a sudden, this world opened up where I could get on stage and perform in front of my peers. People would listen to me and see me, and people would say, "That thing you created was important." And that was so validating and necessary at that specific moment.
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I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.